Background There are several million war-refugees worldwide, majority of whom stay in the
recipient countries for years. However, little is known about their long-term mental health …

Background: Protracted armed conflicts not only shape political, legal, and socio-economic
structures, but also have a lasting impact on people's human migration. In 2017, the United …

Context Uncertainties continue about the roles that methodological factors and key risk
factors, particularly torture and other potentially traumatic events (PTEs), play in the variation …

This is a review of the relevant empirical literature concerning the DSM‐IV‐TR diagnostic
criteria for PTSD. Most of this work has focused on Criteria A1 and A2, the two components …

Background: There is a wide range of literature on stigmatization and discrimination of
people with mental illness. Most studies, however, derive from Western countries. This …

In the mnemonic model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the current memory of a
negative event, not the event itself, determines symptoms. The model is an alternative to the …

Background Anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) contribute significantly to
disability adjusted life years in low-to middle-income countries (LMICs). Screening has been …

Background Despite recognition of the burden of disease due to mood disorders in low-and
middle-income countries, there is a lack of consensus on best practices for detecting …

We seek to strengthen understanding of the health needs of internally displaced persons
(IDPs) in contexts of conflict or violence. Based upon a scoping review, our paper identified …

Maternal traumatization has been proposed as a risk factor for child development, but the
mechanisms involved are poorly understood. This study analyzed the interrelations among …